Fighting Infection And Boosting Your Immune System

 

The Immunity Defense: Fighting Infection And Boosting Your Immune System

A recent survey suggests that 34 percent of Americans either don’t know about immune system health or don’t think about it. Whether it’s an intestinal bug, the common cold, or a more serious chronic disease resulting from infection, the truth is, the best way to stay healthy is to be healthy.

Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) February 14, 2006 –- Jigsaw Health, the leading Internet resource for those with chronic health conditions, announces the availability of the Immune Bundle and the Extra-Strength Immune Bundle to help boost the immune system and fight infection.

Acute infections are all too common with symptoms such as body aches, runny or stuffy nose, sore throat, fever, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps, and more. Intense but short-lived, acute infections stay just long enough to cause misery.

Chronic infections, on the other hand, last a long time with continuing and recurring symptoms that are often difficult to identify and treat. Left undiagnosed and untreated, chronic infections can severely and negatively impact your health for years to come.

A 2004 Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates’ survey of 1,000 American consumers showed that 34 percent don’t know about or think of their immune systems at all, while just 2 percent think about their immune health on a daily basis. Given these findings, and modern lifestyles, it’s easy to see how the immune system can become compromised and allow infections to take hold.    

Illness.
While the immune system is busy fighting one infection, it’s vulnerable to attack by even more infectious germs.

Unhealthy diet and/or obesity.
Excessively eating highly processed foods and drinking alcohol causes nutritional deficiencies that can severely compromise the immune system.

Stress.
When the body senses stress, the immune system shuts down and the adrenal glands kick in to release cortisol as a way of coping with stress. Repeated or chronic stress keeps the body in this “fight or flight” mode—and suppresses the immune system leaving it unable to fight additional infections.

Antibiotics.
While antibiotics may help bacterial infections, many antibiotics—especially broad-spectrum antibiotics—kill not only the offending bacteria, but ALL bacteria including the good bacteria that helps fight infection. Without these healthy organisms, the body becomes vulnerable to additional infections.

Insomnia.
A deep, rejuvenating sleep allows the body to repair itself and produce hormones that help rebuild the immune system. Without sleep, the immune system is left in a weakened—and vulnerable—state.

Age.
Newborns and infants have immature immune systems that can’t fully protect them, making them more vulnerable to infection. Likewise, older adults are more susceptible to infection since the immune system declines with age.

Environmental toxins.
Mercury and other heavy metals from dental fillings, vaccinations, fish, industrial processes, and the environment—and the chemical additives, preservatives, pesticides, and herbicides often found in the food supply—can weaken the immune systems and open the door to infections.

Transfusions and transplants.
Sometimes the body will react negatively to new blood or organs and cause the immune system to shut down.

Medical therapies.
Many intensive drug therapies like chemotherapy not only kill damaged cells but healthy cells, too—and increase the risk for developing other illnesses.

Most healthcare professionals agree that a healthy lifestyle promotes a healthy immune system—and keeps infections at bay.

To help keep the immune system healthy, Jigsaw Health offers the Immune Bundle complete with powerful immune-boosting herbals such as thyme, bee propolis, cinnamon extract, cloves, fennel seed extract, oregano, holy basil, black walnut hulls extract, olive leaf extract, and Sovereign Silver™.

The Extra-Strength Immune Bundle adds neem, goldenseal, turmeric, mint leaves, ginger root, garlic, grapefruit seed extract, coriander, powerful antioxidants, and colostrum.

“Eating right, exercising, and getting sleep are all lifestyle choices that can help you fight illness,” says Patrick Sullivan, Jr. president of Jigsaw Health. “But why not bump up your immune system to help fight infection even when you’re not eating right and exercising?”

Jigsaw Health is the leading Internet resource for those with chronic conditions. Founded in 2004 by Pat Sullivan—who chronicled his own 30-year struggle with chronic conditions in his book Wellness Piece by Piece—Jigsaw Health offers balanced, well-researched health information as well as premium nutritional foods and supplements. Sullivan is widely recognized as a long-time high-tech pioneer and visionary who created ACT!®, the best-selling contact manager, and SalesLogix, a customer relationship management solution.

Contacts:
Patrick Sullivan Jigsaw Health (480) 626-8568
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